Ilya Shapiro
Senior Fellow, Center for Constitutional Studies and Editor-in-Chief, Cato Supreme Court Review
Ilya Shapiro is a senior fellow in constitutional studies and editor-in-chief of the Cato Supreme Court Review. Before joining Cato he was Special Assistant/Advisor to the Multi-National Force-Iraq on rule of law issues and practiced international, political, commercial, and antitrust litigation at Patton Boggs LLP and Cleary Gottlieb LLP. Mr. Shapiro writes the "Dispatches from Purple America" column for TCS Daily.com and has written for the L.A. Times, Washington Times, Weekly Standard, Roll Call, and National Review Online, among other publications. He has also appeared on Fox News, CBS, WGN, Voice of America, American Public Media's "Marketplace," and a variety of other TV and radio outlets. Before entering private practice, Mr. Shapiro clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit while living in Mississippi and traveling around the Deep South. He holds degrees from Princeton University, the London School of Economics, and the University of Chicago Law School (where he became a Tony Patiño Fellow), and is an adjunct professor at The George Washington University Law School. Mr. Shapiro is a native speaker of English and Russian, is fluent in Spanish and French, and is proficient in Italian and Portuguese.
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E-Mail: ishapiro@cato.org
Opinion and Commentary
"Valeo's Revenge," American Spectator (Online), May 7, 2008
"The Olympics: Plus Ça Change …," National Interest (Online), April 17, 2008
"Foolish Misuse," National Review (Online), April 1, 2008
"New Look for 9th Circuit," Arizona Republic, February 10, 2008
"Hail to the Chief: Kozinski's Reign May Restore Sanity to 9th Circuit," Los Angeles Daily Journal, December 24, 2007
Legal Briefs
Dupuy v. McEwen, March 11, 2008 (PDF, 150 KB)
Davis v. Federal Election Commission, February 27, 2008 (PDF, 223 KB)
Chamber of Commerce v. Brown, January 16, 2008 (PDF, 140 KB)
Events
"The One-Drop Rule in Hawaii? The Akaka Bill and the Future of Race-Based Government," May 21, 2008 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
"What to Do about Self-Funded Campaigns ," April 21, 2008 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
"Why the Supreme Court Matters in a Presidential Election Year," March 19, 2008 [Book Forum]
"Boumediene v. Bush and the Rights of Enemy Combatants in Wartime," December 3, 2007 [Policy Forum]
"6th Annual Constitution Day," September 17, 2007 [Conference]
Multimedia
"California Tries to Trump Free Speech" featuring Ilya Shapiro, March 19, 2008 [Flash Audio, 07:06]
"State of Supreme Court Docket" featuring Ilya Shapiro, January 24, 2008 [Flash Audio, 08:42]
"Stoneridge and the Economy" featuring Ilya Shapiro, January 21, 2008 [Flash Audio, 08:37]
"Law and Blackwater in Iraq" featuring Ilya Shapiro, October 24, 2007 [Flash Audio, 06:41]